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The central government has started a fresh round of discussions for a completely new IT law to deal with current and future situations. According to officials, the new law will “subsume” rules like t...

The Orissa High Court recently ordered the state government to pay Rs 10 lakh each to the parents of two 4-year-old girls playing at an anganwadi centre who drowned in a pit on September 7, 2012. It ...

Recently, the Delhi High Court directed that “all media houses ought to exercise restraint while reporting on matters which are still under investigation by any statutory authority”. Justice Rekha...

In an attempt to control dust emissions from construction sites and thereby combat pollution, Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai held a joint meeting with the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPC...

Recently, the Delhi High Court was approached by Saurav Suman, a 17 year- and-nine month-old Class XII student. He was aggrieved by an order passed by the appropriate authority of the Institute of Li...

Last fortnight, while extending the custody of a Chennai couple held in connection with the Rs 21,000-crore heroin haul from Mundra port, the Special Court for Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substan...

The centre recently informed the Supreme Court that the families of those who died due to Covid-19 will receive Rs 50,000 as ex-gratia compensation. The assistance will also be given to families of t...

Prisoners granted bail will no longer have to wait for a physical copy of the order to reach jails for their release. Various courts have slammed the earlier system whereby a prisoner had to wait for the bail order sent by post to reach prison authorities.

The Kerala High Court has quashed an amendment to a notification issued by the state government which sought to ban the hugely popular online rummy in the state.

Stubble burning is the practice of intentionally setting fire to the straw stubble that remains after grains, such as rice and wheat, have been harvested. The technique was widespread until the 1990s, when governments increasingly restricted its use. Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana has been cited as a major cause of air pollution in Delhi since 2002.